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Definition: PROVISOR |
PROVISORNoun1. One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6. 2. One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5. 3. The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house. 4. One who provides; a purveyor. |
Etymology: Provisor \Pro*vi"sor\, noun. [Latin expression, from providere: compare to the French expression proviseur. See Provide.]. (Websters 1913) |
"PROVISOR" is a common misspelling or typo for: Proviso, Provisory, Provisos. |
Crosswords: PROVISOR |
| English words defined with "PROVISOR": Provisorship. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "PROVISOR": Provisorship. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "PROVISOR" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (one who provides for, or against), Portuguese (official, officinal). |
| Language | Translations for "PROVISOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Greek | φροντιστήσ (tender). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovisorpray економ (manciple), постачальник (furnisher, manufacturer, procurer, provider, provisioner, purveyor). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "PROVISOR": provisory. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "PROVISOR": improvisor. (additional references) | |
Words containing "PROVISOR": improvisors. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "PROVISOR" (pronounced 'Pro*vi"sor'): Accensor, Aggressor, Antecessor, Antecursor, Censor, Comprehensor, cursor, Defensor, divisor, Fidejussor, Impulsor, lessor, Precessor, Precursor, Predecessor, Rescussor, scissor, sensor, sponsor, successor, suspensor, tensor, Versor, Windsor. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-o-o-p-r-r-s-v" | |
-1 letter: proviso. | |
-2 letters: pooris, priors. | |
-3 letters: orris, poori, prior, proso, sopor, spoor, visor. | |
-4 letters: oops, piso, pois, poor, pros, rips, sori, spiv. | |
-5 letters: ops, ors, pis, poi, pro, psi, rip, sip, sir, sop, sri, vis. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-o-o-p-r-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: provisory. | |
+2 letters: improvisor. | |
+3 letters: improvisors, overpromise, provisioner, reprovision. | |
+4 letters: governorship, improvisator, overlordship, overpromised, overpromises, provisionary, provisioners, reprovisions. | |
+5 letters: corporativism, corresponsive, governorships, improvisatore, improvisatori, improvisators, improvisatory, overlordships, overpromising, reprovisioned, supervirtuoso, velociraptors. | |
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